Example sentences of "[vb base] the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | The European champions , who host the first leg in 11 days ' time , have lost Ruud Gullit and Marco Van Basten and are struggling for form . |
| 2 | Hartlepool 's Procession host the first show at the Empire in Middlesbrough on Monday ; Hug take the tour to Newcastle Poly on March 2 , and on March 5 the Poppyfield bring it to Perry 's in Darlington where the Autumn Divers will also be on the bill . |
| 3 | Or you may find that when you first start on your weight control programme you lose the first 3–5 lb ( 1.4–2.3 kg ) fairly rapidly . |
| 4 | Push the first length of pipe into the ground or fit a pipe shoe and bracket |
| 5 | Always bring the first needle to D position and make sure that the weaving yarn is caught in the guide so that it can be directed correctly into the path of the main carriage . |
| 6 | Turn your attention to the text , and highlight the first heading . |
| 7 | Highlight the first block , and make it italic , fully justified and indented half an inch from the left . |
| 8 | Highlight the first block of text and get rid of the italics . |
| 9 | For many couples children clearly remain the first consideration . |
| 10 | We do this , notionally , in any matrix multiplication : if we are performing the operation BC = A then we isolate a row of B and a column of C — respectively ( 1 × n ) and ( n × 1 ) submatrices — to produce an element — i.e. a ( 1 × 1 ) submatrix of A. Similarly , we could , for example , isolate the first three rows of B and the first four columns of C and multiply these submatrices , of order ( 3 × n ) and ( n × 4 ) , to give a ( 3 × 4 ) submatrix in the top left corner of A. Again , since unc it makes no different if we divide the range , s , of summation into subranges ; each subrange can be summed , and these sums added to give the total . |
| 11 | Approaching Lothern the first thing a mariner sees is the Glittering Tower , a great lighthouse filled with thousands of lamps , situated on a rocky isle in the mouth of the treacherous waters of the Straits of Lothern . |
| 12 | The celebrations that marked United 's third major Cup — four if you count the European Super Cup — in two calendar years could just be a rehearsal if they land the First Division title in the next three weeks . |
| 13 | Never pick the first fruit , " he said mysteriously , and then continued when he saw Patrick 's puzzled expression . |
| 14 | Formed in 1981 ULSS helped set up and launch the first Scottish Amicable unit-linked policy — the Capital Investment Bond . |
| 15 | To this end , some computers provide " reverse " or " inverted " subtract and divide , which ( respectively ) subtract the first from the second operand and divide the second by the first operand . |
| 16 | If the records make the first hypothesis unacceptable , then you must submit to the second . |
| 17 | ‘ If the records make the first hypothesis unacceptable … |
| 18 | It is the profusion of flowers which make the first impression on visitors although fruit and vegetables are grown as well . |
| 19 | TITLE-CHASING Orrell make the first of two ‘ do or die ’ league trips to London in nine days when they face Wasps at Sudbury today . |
| 20 | Scientists make the first plant-animal hybrid |
| 21 | In this way children make the first crude distinctions between what is ‘ me ’ and what is ‘ not me ’ . |
| 22 | When cooking with the children we want to finish with something eatable , so we are likely to add the liquid carefully ourselves , but we could let children experiment with the play-dough and if they make the first lot too soggy , more flour and salt can be added without much trouble until they make a ‘ workable ’ dough , and there can be plenty of conversation about too much , too little , a little more , a lot more and enough . |
| 23 | If the meal is to be three courses , then make the first and last courses cold — prawn cocktail and chocolate mousse for example — prepare it the night before and put it in the fridge . |
| 24 | Turn in the sides again and make the first 7.5cm ( 3in ) fold in the hem . |
| 25 | Not until 1793 did Sultan Selim III make the first serious effort to establish permanent Turkish diplomatic missions in the main European capitals ; and these were unsuccessful and short-lived . |
| 26 | Quite often it is the clearing banks which make the first move by announcing a base rate change before the Bank alters its intervention rates . |
| 27 | I mean the first time at a lower level something appeared , I shaded half a square |
| 28 | I mean the first couple of days , we spent a lot of time just trying to cool people down and and stop them panicking and er and stop them going over the top . |
| 29 | I mean the first two the first two or three nights after and that 's like the sleeping death because it 's it 'd been so long since I had a complete nights sleep . |
| 30 | To minimize confusion , I shall use consumerism where I mean the first , and the consumer movement to denote the second . |